Cleaning-tool.



I. H. SPENCER.

I cLEANlNG To'oL.

APPLICATION FILE'DSEPT. 29| I9! I. l

.Patented Nov. 30, 1915.-

i the object above set out, aswell as others,

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:IEA n. sPENCEaoE wEsT CONNECTICUT.

` CLEANING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Original application filed December 9,1908, Serial No. 532,194. Divided and this application leil September 29, 1911. Serial No; 651,953. .Y

To all lwhom it may |co`ncer1i.. I i Be it known that I, IRA H. SPENCER, a citivzen ofthe United States, and a resident of West Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a.

new and Improved Cleaning-Tool, of which the following is. a specification.

My invention relates generally to the class of devices used for receiving and directing a current of air created by mechanical means, and more especially to that class used in.

cleaning operations; and an object, among lothers, of my invention is to provide' an proved cleaning tool of eXtreme simplicity' One formof h tion and in the construction and use of which may be attained, illiiStrated in the accom: panying drawings,` infyvhiich- Figure 1 is a top.' 'lafijjx'i'iew of a tool embodying my inv piti/iff side elevation of tail View on enlarged handle showin i I4 l t of the'tool to lth"lhandle Fig. 4 is a view incross-sectionitlirdugh the handle on a- 'p-lane denotedbythe dotted line 1,-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5' is a detail view. in lengthwise lsection through the upper end of the handle showing the means of attachment of a hose connection.-

The invention forming the subject matter of this application was originally illustrated and described in my co-pending application "cation being a divisionl l application. Af

i forpatent fora vcleaning tool,filed December p 9,1909, of Serial Number 532,194, this appli-v of said col-pending No specific construction ofv tool secured to the end of the handle-is disclosed herein as. p such tool may embody :dierentforms of construction so long as the means for'secur-v '-'45 jectmatter of this'application;

ing it'- to the handle are `.those forming sub'- In the accompanying drawings. the nu. meral 'denotes the handle of they tool pref- 'erably-having fthe curved fornrshown in the drawings, the outer' or tool supporting .v

end `A'i' being ldisposed 'at ani-"angle tol and formed of the same piece as that part of'the l'handle from which it projects.: A cleaning tool lof any desired form and construction Fig 2 is a view Willie vgame.'` Fig. 3 isa de-` i scale in central lengthwise sectfan thro ygliltihe lower end 'of the `is swivelly mounted on the tool supporting nARTEonn, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNoE To THE srENcEE TUEEINE CLEANER COMPANY, CE HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CoEPoEATIoNoE A clamp sleeve 10 ts over the end 'Tofy the handle and is secured thereto as by means of interengaging screw threads on said parts, this sleeve serving to removably hold the tool 1n place. A retaining ring 11 is' located between the nipple 'and sleeve, being 'located in.

l a groovein one of said parts and engaging a beveled surface on the other'part. Thisring is a split ring and is of such length that when its ends meet, as shown in Fig.

4,*it will not bind the nipple, b'ut will permit. y

free turning movement of the nipple Withinl the ring.

Inl the preferred form of construction and as shown herein the groove 12 isformed in the nipple, and the beveled clamping surface 13- is formed on the inner surface'l of vthe clamp sleeve 10, and a collar 14 is secured to the end 7 vo f the handle'and bears the thread with 4.which the thread on the clamp sleeve engages.v vThe ring 1l will be offsuchsize -thatpit will'pass into the -space vbetween the inner Surface of the sleeve l0 and the outersurfaceof'the nipple 9, and'in practice the diameter ofthe wire composing -thering is a triiie smaller' than the width of this space. In any event 'the ring will be so constructed that it maybe passed into the sleeve 10 and located in the. groove "12, and when located in said lgroove-may be' retained therein by the action of# the beveled ortion 13 of the sleeve. `'I`he"clamp sleeve eing screwed on to the end of the handle the beveled surface 13 engaging the retaining ring 11 will y close its ends ,together under which conditions the toolS vwill be secured` to the handle but will freelyl swivel ',thereon.

A stop ring `15, in the form of a split ring,

is snapped into .a groove 16 at the rear end of the sleeve 10,. this stop ring being adapted to engage the collar14 and serve as a stopto limit the movementy of the'sleeve in one direction. Y

The special construction of the joint' for attaching the tool to thehandle, which enables the tool itself to be removably secured in placeand at the` same time have free swiveling movement *on Vthe'handle, is of.. especial advantage4 over prior devices in which the tool, while being swivelly united f construction of to its immediate support, Ais not removable therefrom. AThe swiveling of the tool on its support is of advantage only in connectlon disposed at an the removable element therefore becomes o especial advantage in that it simplifies thev -l the handle by lessening the required in its constructiona provided at the number of parts A slmllar construction rs opposite end of the handle from that supl porting the tool, this construction being for the purpose of attachment of a hose connection.

17 which has a threaded surface 18 for engagement of lthe threaded inner surface of a clamp sleeve 19 whichl may be a duplicate of that hereinbefore described. A stop ring 20,'acting in the same manner as that hereinbefore referred to is employed. i The beveled inner surface of the collar in this instance acts upona clampring 21 which is split, but theinner ends of which 4do not meet in the action of the parts. The cross sectional `form of this ring as herein shown is angular but other forms may be employed if desired and the ring may be of any suitable fibrous, metallic or other material that Will serve to bind 'the parts. In operation the clamp sleeve 19 is caused to move longitudinally by means of the interengaging threads, and the beveled surface 13 of the collar 4engaging the split ring closes it upon the handle 6. binding it firmly` against the handle and thus securing the parts together; In order vto make the ring air tight it is formed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, the ends 22 other thus clamping sleeve being shouldered and lapping past each spaces 23 being traction of the ring.

The construction herein shown 4may be varied to a considerable' extent andyet embody the invention, and I do not therefore limit the invention to the exact form ofdevice herein shown and described. claim-4 l. A handle having a tool supporting end, a swiveled connection ing a clamp sleeve having a beveled face, and a retaining' ring detachably engaging one another to removably secure the tool to theend of the Ihandle Without removal of said members and to permit free rota-' `tion of the tool upon said` tool supporting end.

and a swiveled connection for the handle including a contractible retaining`ring,"and Va detachably engaged one with the other and attached to the handle to removably secure a tool thereto and to4 rotate freely thereon, said retaining ring being constructed to loosely engage the tool when securing it in place.

3. A handle havinga tool supporting end,

Vbeveled face to engage providing an air tight packing,l provided to allow for .con-

-rotatably attach the tool tofthe'handle.

for the handle includ- I 2. .A handle having a tool supporting end,

with a threaded enlargement thereon and a svviveled. connection for removably se??V ing a retaining ring loosely attached to said tool supporting end, and a clamping sleeve having a beveled face ,to engage said-retain- 4. A handle having a tool vsupi-porting end,

removably seand a swiveled connectionfor curing a tool to the end of thev handle, said connection including a resilient retaining ring engaging a tool to secure it'to the tool supporting end and to permit 'free rotation thereof, and Aa clamping sleeve having a said retaining ring to rotatably attach the tool to the handle.4 v 5'. A handle havingl a tool supporting end, andy a swiveled connection for removably securing a tool nipple having an annular groove to the end f the handle, said connec-` tion including a split ring to hold the nipple, said ring beingv received in the nipple 4groove to permit free rotation of the tool and nipple, and a clamping sleeve to engage the ring to handle.

6. A handle having a tool supporting end, and a swiveled connection for removably securing a gr'ooved tool nipple to the end of the handle, said connection including a split ring freely 7. `A handle having a tool supporting end, I

a swivel connection including av tool provlded with a nipple having a groove thererotatably hold the tool to the- I surrounding thev nipplevlwith its -ends arranged to meet, the internal diamin, a retaining ring locatedin said groove,

and a clamping sleeve rotatably mounted on the handle to engage said retaining ring to i 8. A handle having a threaded tool supporting end, a swivel connection including a clamping sleeve enga ing the screw thread uponthe end 'of said handle, a tool provided with a nipple projecting into the handle, said nipple having a groove therein, and

a spring retaining ring located Within said A groove and adapted to be engaged by said clamping sleeve to rotatably attach the tool to the handle.

9. A handle having a toolsuppo'rting end ing a shoulder, a clamping sleeve fitting the screvv thread upon said enlargement, a tool provlded with a nipple projecting into said handle, anda retaining rlng secured to the nipple to permit free rotation thereof, said 'ring being engaged by the sleeve to removably and rotatably attach the tool to the handle.

Meana@- 10.. A hanie having a tool supporting disassembing of the sleeve and handie Whie end, and a swivel' connectipn for removably removing the tool from the hana securing a tool td Ythe hande including a retaining ring, a clamp ysleeve engaging sa. i i RA H' SPENER 5 ring to rotatably attach the tooi to the han- "Witnesses:

die, and coperatng means carried by the MAY C. CARROLL,

handle and clamp sleeveadaped to prevent DEBORAH E. SHEA.v 

